dimes square
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A microneighborhood of Manhattan, roughly located between Chinatown and the Lower East Side neighborhoods of New York City.
American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "The scene is often associated with “Dimes Square,” a downtown Manhattan neighborhood popular with a pandemic-weary Generation Z — or Zoomer — crowd, but it has spread across a network of podcasts and upstart publications."
- "I imagined her saying she'd seen Tom out on a date, or kissing some young, hot barista, or maybe with his arms wrapped around a bartender or a waitress who worked in Dimes Square."
Etymology
Blend of Dimes + Times Square, after the Dimes restaurant located at the intersection of Canal Street and Division Street.